I dont see why Gourde or Palat should waive to leave Tampa.
They negotiated their NTCs for a reason.

Palat wouldnt i dont think

Gourde if this deal was done proper would go home and play top minutes infront of his family .
he'd waive his NMC to be here i'm sure

Sergachev being added into the mix confuses me
did he kick a dog or something ? or is this just a habs fan posting ?

Gourde contract is horrible, that is probably why Sergachev is in the trade.

My line of of thinking regarding players with NTCs on Tampa is, leave a Stanley cup contender in Tampa for non-playoff team... Yeah no.

No, don't think so.

Contender that just got Swept lets remember
Its not like TBL is the new CHI or LAK
If anything they're the new SJS
Always the bridesmaid , never the bride

every player wants more ice time
a chance to showcase themselves and overachieve
few are content with giving up a year off their lives for the chance at getting swept again
atleast on a new team with more minutes he could mature into a more complete player earning his cap

I would gladly take that MTL deal in a heartbeat.

Players also want to win. Did you hear what Joe Thornton had to say about possibly getting moved?

Players will get paid to a certain extent, but winning is also something for them.

Yeah how about giving it some time.

The likelihood of them being the new Chicago of 2020's is probably the highest of all teams in the league.

And I'm pretty sure that Gourde wants to be part of that rather that being in Montreal, a team under retooling, full of rookies, not to mention being under constant pressure from Canadian media, the fans (that tend to be very unforgiving, especially when you look at Gourde's contract)...

SJS fans told themselves the same thing
10 years later they realized they were a cautionary tale

Welcome to TBL future
To many Chiefs , not enough Native's

what has TBL won ?

Hopefully we have invented time machines by 2030s lol.

I want to return to this moment to see whether you'll be correct or not.

As far as I guess, with TB being the most probable team to become a dynasty, I'm sticking with my opinion.

They are trying to win. Players see that. In the end, nothing is guaranteed but making it into the playoffs, winning divisions, these things are stuff players do take into consideration.